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Black and white photo of Virgina St. in Downtown McKinney. "The first "library" in McKinney was housed in the back room of Smith Drug Store when they were on Virginia Street. Anyone who paid the onetime fee of $0.25 could borrow books."

Black and white photo of members of the Owl Club in 1901. Photo description: "Members of The Owl Club in 1901. First row left to right: Mrs. J.C. Erwin, Sr., Mrs. W.E. Ditto (nee Mamie Dowell), Mrs. John Church, Mrs. George Wilcox. Second row: Mrs.…

Black and white photo of members of the Owl Club at their annual picinic in 1897.

Black and white photo of books packed in a box, used for a traveling library kit. "The Owl Club created traveling libraries similar to this in the early 1900s. There were eight different subjects with approximately 50 books in each traveling library…

The back side of CourthousePostalAddress.1931; typewritten text for paid subscription to Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping for $4.00

A advert from the City Federation encouraging readers to vote for a free city library in McKinney

In 1927, Collin County built a new, modern courthouse in downtown McKinney. By 1928, the courthouse hosted the library on the third floor with Miss Geneva Horn as the librarian. It cost families $1 per year for a membership to the library. With a…